PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Attention Seeking, Psychopathy Checklist, Dialectical Behavior Therapy
30 Mar 2013
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The nature of personality disorders: on axis two more stable and chronic. Disorders that are considered to last a lifetime in most cases. Cluster a pds: paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal. Cluster c pds: avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive. Cluster b personality disorders: emotional, dramatic disorder: borderline. Notorious for the harm that people suffering can cause to themselves (and others: narcissistic, histrionic, antisocial. Pose a risk to society break the law: summary game name that pd. In the course of a day, and even an hour. Profound fear of abandonment: worry that they will be alone and that they are not loved. Emptiness and poor self-image: don"t have a strong sense of who they are or what they want, easily influenced by partner. Difficulties with emotion regulation and distress tolerance self-mutilation: difficulty to experience an emotion and cope with it. ** video**: girl interrupted assessment interview (youtube: feel like they have no hope. Pattern of unstable relationship characterized by extremes.
